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SnapDice: Magnetic Dice Rolling Tray

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Rolling Dice Has Never Felt So Good

The first thing you'll notice when you roll a pair of SnapDice in our tray is the satisfying "SNAP" sound of the steel dice tumbling across the exotic hardwood surface and snapping into place over the magnets. This is unlike any dice tray you've ever tried. It is an experience you don't want to miss.

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Here is how people responded the first time they threw the steel dice into our SnapDice tray:
“Woah…woah…woah…okay, that’s cool. I like that!”“Oh, that’s really fun! ”“That’s pretty cool…That’s SUPER cool!”“That’s way cool!”“Oh, wow! That’s really cool!”
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Precision Machined, Perfectly Balanced

The 14mm steel dice are absolutely beautiful. They are precision machined, then nickel plated with sharply contrasting pips. The steel gives them a solid feel in your hand. But, they aren't just beautiful to look at and great to hold. SnapDice are carefully engineered to keep the center of gravity within .001mm of center. The pips are each machined at different depths so that the result is a perfectly balanced dice with completely random rolling results. For those of you who are self proclaimed nerds, below is the math behind this to ensure the center of gravity is in the dead center of the dice:

Precision Machined, Perfectly Balanced Steel Dice

D = X - sqrt((Q^2 - 2*Q*X)*Z*N + X^2*N^2)/N where X is half of the dice width, D is the depth of the dependent holes (which are to be optimized), Q is the independent hole depth, Z is the number of independent holes on the dice & N the number of dependent holes on the dice.

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Wood Choices

Choose from 8 unique wood types for your SnapDice rolling tray:

Level 1 Wood Choice

Level 2 Wood Choices

Level 3 Wood Choices

Level 4 Wood Choice

Level 5 Wood Choice

Dice Colors

Each SnapDice rolling tray comes with 2 precision machined steel dice. You can choose the color as antique silver or antique gold. Additional dice may also be purchased with your tray (see the Pledge Calculator).

Antique Silver

Antique Gold

Polyhedral Sets

Our polyhedral dice are probably the most satisfying polyhedrals you've ever tossed. These dice use numerals rather than pips. AND, even with the numerals they are still perfectly balanced! The solid roll of the steel and the snap to the board are enough to turn heads at your next game. Click on any of these CAD pictures below to see a full 3D view of each of the dice.

Dice Cups & Pouches

Want a premium leather dice rolling cup with the SnapDice logo? Or how about a soft leather drawstring dice pouch with the SnapDice logo debossed into the leather? Each dice pouch can comfortably hold 6 dice. You can add these to your pledge total (see the Pledge Calculator).

Premium Leather Dice Rolling Cup

Soft Leather Dice Bag

Wood Inlay or Dovetail Upgrades

Want to make your tray stand out even more? You can add a beautiful real wood inlay or a custom dovetail to the outside of your tray. The intricacy of the design of these add a nice contrast and will set apart your tray as unique. You can add this upgrade option to your pledge (see the Pledge Calculator).

Large Stripe Inlay

Small Checkered Inlay

Small Stripe Inlay

Large Double Dovetail

Small Triple Dovetail

Tray Sizes

The standard SnapDice tray is 7 inches wide by 10 inches long. You can upgrade the size of your SnapDice tray to 8 inches x 12 inches ($20) or to a full 12 inch by 12 inch square ($60). The 12 x 12 tray comes with a turntable so it can remain stationary on the table and be rotated and accessed by all players easily.

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Other Dice

You can use your acrylic dice or other metal dice (no sharp edges) with your SnapDice tray. Wile these dice won't stick to the magnets, they will still look great being rolled in your exotic wood tray! For example, use Halfsies dice or other acrylic dice:

Halfsies Dice from Gate Keeper Games in a SnapDice Tray

Shipping Information

We have partnered with GoSend to help our international supporters! GoSend allows those backing from outside of the US to have more control over their shipping and to save money and hassle with customs/VAT/duty. When the campaign is over, if you are an international backer, we will help you setup a free GoSend account. GoSend will give you a US based mailbox locker where you can have your SnapDice reward mailed (plus you can use this same locker for any purchases you make...other Kickstarter projects, other online purchases, etc.

We will ship your reward to your GoSend locker. Then, you will have the ability to bundle that reward with any other items you have purchased and are in your locker and save on the shipping. Plus, GoSend will prepay all the duties and VAT charges so that you don't have to hassle with those when your package is delivered.

We are happy to answer questions you have about GoSend or you can contact them directly at pledgesupport@gosend.com. They are available to answer any questions related to the SnapDice campaign.

Risks and challenges

For the dice and magnets we have done our research on sourcing materials, have made inspections of samples for the highest quality, produced our prototypes and have already setup supply chains.

For some of the exotic hardwoods they can be hard to source. However, we've got solid local supply channels lined up for these so we won't be caught with any surprises.

In terms of delivering on time, we expect a huge demand for the SnapDice trays. So we have intentionally scheduled out the delivery groups of delivery month batches to ensure we can deliver all rewards on time. If we can deliver early, we will!

We are doing all of the wood working here locally in own shop so we don't anticipate any surprises with the actual production. We are excited to see this project become a reality and get these amazing trays into your hands!

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Just the Dice (D6)

Just want a set of these awesome steel dice? Get as many D6 (six sided) dice as you want. You don't need to use the pledge calculator if you are just pledging for dice. Pledge in increments of $10 for each dice. If you are pledging for 8 dice or more, pledge in multiples of $7. Shipping international will be handled and paid via GoSend after the campaign.

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Just the Dice (Polyhedral Set)

Just want a set of these awesome steel dice? Get as many polyhedral dice sets as you want. Each set includes: D4, D6, D8, D10, D10%, D12, D20. You don't need to use the pledge calculator if you are just pledging for dice. Pledge in increments of $39 for each set. To add more D6 dice to a polyhedral set pledge $7 for each additional D6 dice you want. For orders of 3 or more sets of polyhedral dice you can pledge $30 per set. Shipping international will be handled and paid via GoSend after the campaign.